Gaming Plan Makes San Mateo Ballot

Published 4:00 am, Thursday, June 15, 1995

An initiative that would require a public vote on plans to build a 50- table card room at Bay Meadows racetrack has qualified for the November ballot.

The measure, backed by opponents of the gambling hall, calls for any changes in San Mateo's existing card room ordinance to be approved by voters. Backers of the initiative collected more than 6,700 signatures, representing just under 15 percent of the city's registered voters.

The initiative is to go before the City Council on Monday, where the members can either adopt it without an election or put it on the November ballot. If the council adopts the measure, an election on the card room proposal would have to be scheduled.